Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,382,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

672

Unreached Groups

507 (75.4 %)

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
%
Evangelical
Scripture
Status
Est. Workers
Needed *
 Groma China 19,000 Groma Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Guiqiong China 13,000 Guiqiong Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Bangladesh 3,800 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese China 6,900 Japanese Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Samoa 1,500 Japanese Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Tai Khang Laos 28,000 Kang Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Thai, Northern Laos 40,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Kurtokha Bhutan 2,200 Kurtokha Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Kyerung China 8,400 Kyerung Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
 Kyerung Nepal 3,700 Kyerung Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
 Ladakhi China 600 Ladakhi Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Rongkup Bhutan 3,000 Lepcha Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Loba Bhutan 2,300 Lhowa Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Aheu Luang Thailand 1,600 Aheu Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
 Rakhine Bangladesh 20,000 Rakhine Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Newah Bhutan 3,700 Nepali Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Mpi Thailand 1,600 Mpi Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
 Nyahkur Thailand 1,700 Nyahkur Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
 Kalmyk, Torgut China 108,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 2
 Kalmyk-Oirat Kyrgyzstan 5,200 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Kalmyk-Oirat Kazakhstan 500 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol United States 1,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism 1.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Kalmyk-Oirat Uzbekistan 900 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism 1.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Sinhalese Australia 71,000 Sinhala Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Sinhalese Denmark 7,200 Sinhala Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 672 Peoples   503,382,000     507       5,787


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